 At the end of September 2007, four months later, according to their owners all 18 trucks were still impounded at the military base.Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2007, Degehabur has an estimated total population of 30,027 of whom 16,474 are men and 13,553 are women.The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 28,708 of whom 14,976 were men and 13,732 women.